Ariana Grande’s speaking voice might have been permanently altered by her role as Glinda the Good Witch in the Wicked movie musical. In a recent Variety cover story, the singer-actress revealed that the Transatlantic tone she adopted for the role—and has continued using during the first film’s press tour—could stick around for good.
“I think that might stay,” Grande said. “Galinda required a lot of vocal work for me. Certain things maybe won’t melt away. Some will, but I’m really grateful for the pieces that will stay with us forever. What a beautiful thing to be left with, and to feel the ghost of every day.”
It’s not just Glinda’s voice that Grande hopes to carry forward. She also joked about keeping the blonde eyebrows she sported during filming. “I’m still looking for my eyebrows,” she quipped. “I’ll let you know if I find them — I hope I don’t.”
Grande explained that she and co-star Cynthia Erivo immersed themselves deeply in their characters over the two-year filming process. “When certain inflections or mannerisms take time to melt away, sometimes people poke fun,” she said. “But we had a job to do, and we had things to get lost in — because that’s what the piece required.”
Grande’s speaking voice has been a frequent topic of discussion on social media, with fans noting its changes over the years. The actress also addressed the double standards women face in Hollywood when their performances linger post-filming. “When it’s a male actor, it’s acclaimed: ‘Oh, wow, he was so lost in the role,’” she told Vanity Fair. “But women are treated differently and are under a microscope in a way some people aren’t.”
Grande isn’t alone in struggling to shake a character’s voice. Austin Butler faced similar scrutiny after portraying Elvis Presley, even working with a dialect coach to drop the King’s Southern drawl.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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